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How Toned Are Your Arms? (And How Many Push Ups Can You Do?)

My arms (like so many women I know) are the weakest part of my body. It's like they're made of mushy noodles, and if I stop doing strength exercises for even two weeks, I see significantly more jiggle. But that's all gonna change in the next six weeks, with a fun push up challenge I stumbled across while reading a friend's fashion blog. Who's ready to drop and gimme 20?! Here are the details...

It's called the 100 Push Ups challenge—and it's set up kind of like training for a race. You do the initial test to find out how many you can do right now and then, based on that, you do sets of differing amounts of push ups three days a week for six weeks.

It's such a perfect fitness goal for me, because it's not about weight or calories at all—it's about getting strong and feeling good about it! (I've mentioned the program over at HealthyGirl.org, my site for young women who emotionally eat—and have already recruited a bunch of those gals. I even convinced my husband to do it with me, and he is a devoted non-worker-outer.)

I can do 11 push ups on my knees right now, with perfect form. I'm hoping at the end of this to be able to pound out 30 (and/or to be able to do at least 10 unmodified, "guy" push ups—I mean, who says only guys can do the "real" ones?).

P.S. Have you guys signed up for Body By Glamour yet? You should! It's free, and it can help you tone up!